This month we welcome a special Modern Radio showcase
f e a t u r i n g

Tom Loftus (Modern Radio/ DJ TRL)
playing Drone/Ambient/Chill

Cole (Daughters of the Sun)
playing Experimental/Psych & Folk

Chris Rose (Vampire Hands)
playing 70s rock

+ Jonathan Ackerman
playing everything

++ Travis Stearns (snuzzcontrol)
playing New Weird America

Details here

Vampire Hands and Daughters of the Sun have a split 12″ coming out soon on modern-radio. We got a New Song “Shine On” up on our Myspace Here. Listen to it! Daughter of the Sun and Vampire Hands are also going on a US Tour Beginning on April 16th, Details to come.

Vampire Hands / Daughters of the Sun Skull Judge – Split 12inch Listen to “Vampire Hands – Poor Bird” on Modern Radio Listen to “Vampire Hands – Shine on” on their MySpace

Pressing of 500

Vinyl comes with a free digital download of the album.
More info to coming soon.

Side A – Vampire Hands
1. Poor Bird
2. Neil and Neil
3. No Way
4. Shine On
5. Bob Dylan Blues

Side B – Daughters of the Sun
1. Dry Ice

Saturday, January 23rd at the Cedar Cultural Center
The Plastic Constellations (one off show for 10 year anniversary)
Skoal Kodiak
Vampire Hands
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and more surprises and extra fun stuff to be announced soon
All Ages, doors at 4:30PM – $10

Saturday, January 23, the party continues at the Cedar Cultural Center for a early, all ages event. This show has long been in the works and we are so excited to be bringing you these four bands. We’ve got a couple other things up our sleeve for this show as well including some special guests, additional activities and surprises, from our favorite Twin Cities proprietors. Tickets go on sale this Friday November 20th at the Cedar Cultural Center and participating outlets.

The Plastic Constellations

Skoal Kodiak

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Vampire Hands

les deux magots
leisure birds
::email me for directions::

The Whole Music Club presents:
VAMPIRE HANDS, GHOSTBAND, AND ZOMBIE SEASON
Vampire Hands sound is built on pulsating, hypnotic rhythms, reverb guitar and dark yet beautiful vocals and tribal-like chants.

Ghostband has a similar pulsating rhythms. The one man band takes a more experimental approach that produces wild, hazy landscapes of sound capable of shifting dramatically in the blink of an eye.

Sticking with the theme Zombie Season contributes with their haunting and engaging songs that seem to be rooted both in fear and redemption.
Coffman Memorial Union, The Whole.
Nov 13: Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm.
$3.00 for U of M Students/Staff/Faculty, $5.00 for general public.

With “Guess Who’s Not Coming to Dinner,” Haunted House prove they aren’t just another Minneapolis All-Star jam band. They are a formidable rock and roll unit lead fearlessly by Mike Watton. Band members and collaborators include, yet are not limited to Jon Davis (Ghostband), Adam Patterson (whitesand/badlands), Cole Claerhout (Dante & The Lobster), Martin Dosh (Andrew Bird), and Freddy Votel. (Skoal Kodiak)

They are an unrivaled, rhythm-heavy rock orchestra. A piano-heavy Pixies or maximal Modest Mouse draw comparisons but don’t nearly describe the freak fluency they share..

Here are some details about the release shows from Mike..

Capgun Coup from Omaha has been added to the October 30th Hexagon bill. Knife World was so stunned by the invite they were rendered speechless. So the line-up is, in no particular order since I’m not sure how that’s going to shake out, but this is my best guess:

Vampire Hands
Haunted House
Capgun Coup
Mute Era

FREE – 21+

Full line-up for the Halloween, and I have no idea the order:

An Ali Farka tribute band
Tender Meat
Ratt Poison
Awesome Snakes
Japanther
Haunted House

$5 – ALL AGES

Rabbit Face [mp3] from The Chinese Stars (offHeaven On Speed Dial, Anchor Brain) via The Opening Acts

(mp3) Chinese Stars – Passing Out Nails via The Culture Of Me

Chinese Stars: Left Brain mp3 via My Big Mouth Strikes Again

Rest On Water – Blues Control (buy full album) via Clumsy and Shy

Blues Control – Good Morning (via Rose Quartz)

Blues Control – Tangier

Sensitive Hearts: “Scratchy” [mp3]
other Sensitive Hearts posts at Largehearted Boy

Download:  (via Raven Sings The Blues)
[MP3] Vampire Hands – Safe Word
[MP3] Vampire Hands – We Widows

Support the artist. Buy it: Me & You Cherry Red (reissue) ||| Two EPs

in celebration of our tour of the twin cities we put together a mixtape of our ‘tourmates’ and some of our favorite bands from minneapolis/st. paul. thanks to all of the bands for giving us permission to give you their songs. grab it fast, cause it’s only gonna be up for a week…then it’s gone, just like tour. enjoy!!!!

mplstp mix tape:

1.chooglin – this demon life (MP3)
2.red pens – street issue (MP3)
3.jeremy messersmith – franklin avenue (MP3)
4.the owls – channel (MP3)
5.mystery palace – stepchild (MP3)
6.lookbook – true to form (MP3)
7.kid dakota – pilgrim (MP3)
8.vampire hands – safe word (MP3)
9.fog – your beef is mine(MP3)
10.gay beast – eeexxxpppaaannndddiiinnnggg (MP3)
11.dosh – don’t wait for the needle to drop (MP3)
12.best friends forever – abe lincoln (MP3)
13.birthday suits – slowly motion (MP3)
14.the plastic constellations – we came to play (MP3)
15.skoal kodiak – harpie (MP3)
16.the blind shake – soft zodiac (MP3)

you can download the entire mix here:
MPLSTP MIX